What is the most important distinction between the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities NJCLD) definition of learning disability and the federal definition?
A) abandons excessive reliance upon discrepancy between ability and achievement
B) suggests learning disability is the result of intellectual disability
C) rules out perceptional reasoning as a causal link to learning disability
D) all the above

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The NJCLD definition of learning disability moves away from the traditional reliance on a discrepancy between a student's potential (IQ) and actual achievement to identify learning disabilities. This is a key distinction from the federal definition, which historically emphasized this discrepancy as a criterion for diagnosis.

What Is the Most Important Distinction Between the National Joint